A person stuck in the mud at Bicentennial Park in Belleville, Illinois, in Southern Illinois was rescued by fire crews along with a parrot that was on his shoulder after they had gotten stuck in a dredged lake.

Cooper Moore, 20, drove his car onto a flooded street Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona, because he misjudged the risk, he says. Police rescued him, then gave him four citations, including one under the state’s “Stupid Motorist Law.”

Authorities are still looking for Brian Lewinstein, a 23-year-old law student at UC Berkeley. Lewinstein fell from above the Toketee Falls in Oregon on Sunday while he was trying to get a picture of the waterfall.

Researchers demonstrate how to alter ballots sent via email. The hack will heighten pressure on election officials in 30 or so states where email voting is permitted but it may be too late to fix the problem for November elections.

A “rage room” has opened in Hannibal, Missouri where people pay to swing a baseball bat or golf club at breakable objects. Across the country people are paying $25 and more to spend time in so-called “anger rooms.”

After Maine police officers stopped an “erratic” driver, the Massachusetts man reportedly shot and killed himself before officers found a dead woman inside his trunk. The body was identified as Maddilyn Burgess.

A 10-month-old baby died of malnutrition and dehydration after her parents failed to seek medical care, citing religious beliefs. The father says he’s being “unfairly” charged in the baby girl’s death.

Three-year-old Lawson of Buford, Georgia., got the breakfast treat of a lifetime when family threw him a full-on Waffle House birthday party, complete with a uniform, cake, special buttons, party invitations and more.

Glenn Pelrine, from Weymouth, Massachusetts, said he lost his college ring from Franklin Institute while waterskiing in a pond in the 1970s — and that Carl Reed found the ring while using a metal detector.

A dispute at a Houston sports bar early Monday turned deadly when the feuding couple engaged in a vehicular battle that ended when the man slammed into his girlfriend’s car, police said. He died in the wreck.

A middle school in Achille, Oklahoma called off classes this week after adults posted threats against a transgender student on Facebook, school officials said. LGBTQ activists have offered to step in and help.

A Colorado woman woke up when she felt something on her arm. She swatted at the bat and it flew across the room, but the rabid bat had bit her. The woman is being treated for rabies, the health department said.

A viral online video of a man creeping up to two hippos at the Los Angeles Zoo and slapping one on the rear end has prompted an investigation, police say. Zoo officials warn the stunt’s incredibly dangerous.